Last week we were sent a supposed picture of the rumored Nexus 5, and now we think we have found the source of the image. An 18 year old kid from Germany who goes by the handle @r4yn created a render of the LG “Megalodon” and uploaded it to Deviant Art.

He claims he was not the source of the rumor and that he created the image in photoshop after reading our original post on the Nexus 5. However, we are not buying his story because the specs he listed on Deviant Art match up with what we were sent and his location matches the IP of the person who submitted the tip.

Even though the original image and specs could be fake like we assumed, several other sources have told us that LG is making the next Nexus smartphone. Another tip we received said that the Nexus 5 could feature Android 5.0, a Snapdragon S600 chip, 2 GB RAM, 5-inch 1080p display, 3140 mAh battery, and a camera with “three sensor things.” Those specs are pretty closely to the upcoming LG Optimus G Pro, so it’s definitely more believable than the nerd’s wish list we were sent last week.

Of course we are unable to confirm these specs, but it matches up with another tip that Phone Arena received. They also report the rumored Nexus 5 could feature a “triple camera sensor thing” and have Nikon branding, which is similar to the information we received. Phone Arena does not mention if LG will produce the device, so we don’t know if the same source is providing both our sites with matching info.

Google’s Andy Rubin recently made some public comments that Samsung could become a threat if it gains more ground, so it surely sounds plausible that Google would continue to work with LG after the success of the Nexus 4.

We don’t expect to see a new Nexus smartphone until the Q4 holidays, so don’t look for Google to announce anything at their developer conference in May. There is a chance we could hear something about the rumored Motorola X Phone, but that is not believed to be a Nexus device.

At this point I’m not certain about anything related to the Nexus 5, so hopefully some more solid information surfaces over the coming months.

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I’m more excited about the X Phone than the next Nexus. If they make this in the manner where you’ll have some degree of customization – RAM, on-board space, battery size, color – all while making it one that the dev’s can hack away at, this will be an extremely popular phone.

I don’t mind paying for space. I have a ROM addiction. I miss my SD card on my Tbolt. The only thing I used it for was backups. I had a 32GB card, and 18GB of it was backups and ROMS. It seems like we are going away from the SD card. Hopefully, the price of internal storage will come down even more.

I just want it to be May already so it can be Google i/o. Also as a side note, why snapdragon s600? Why not s800 or Tegra 4 since these chips aren’t coming out until next half of the year if not quarter 4. Where, the nexus 5 comes out holiday season, and so to me this makes more sense of having these processor in the nexus 5 instead.

The title of the post says that the specs are in flux – so there may be hope. I’d like to see Nexus 5 with a Snapdragon 800. That said, Google needs to control costs also, so it’s plausible that they’d put the 600 in there.

Maybe the 800 in the MotoX, and the 600 in the Nexus? I can see them positioning the MotoX as a top-tier handset that gets updates like the Nexus line…but just not the Nexus price. I can see Google making the Nexus a mid to top tier phone. Affordable, yet powerful enough to get what you need done…with all the updates.

I was waiting for this story to die. At least the silly dream specs. I mean we all would love that but we have to be realistic. Regardless of what the 800 could do, we wouldn’t have space for 4K videos. That alone was a given. The “leaked image” was horrible. I love when Androidandme specifically Taylor shares these things but I think we should start debunking them as we hear them or the parts we know for sure wouldn’t be real.

Same with the customization for the X phone. It might just be various models and you choose from there. There will be no battery size choice, dam choice, screen choice, etc. the resources to have such would be wickedly hard to handle. Business are having shortages on resources for one phone.

Ultimately a Nexus phone produced to Google’s specs with manufacturers so is in effect a Google phone, the same way as an iPhone contains many parts from other manufacturers, Sony, Samsung, etc, but is built to Apples requirements.
I too love my Nexus 4

Don’t really care who makes the nexus 5 but I really want is a nexus that has a camera that dies nit suck. A nexus that can takes photos and video in daylight & Low light as good or better than the Galaxy S 4

Yes, that is a bit puzzling. Maybe they’ll give HTC a chance soon with a new Nexus phone or tablet. But I think it’s more Samsung being able to leverage their economy of scale that has them in this dominant a position. Sammy is not afraid of looking a little silly to sell devices. The aesthetics of HTC are appreciated by only those that already know about them. Sad.

I can’t wait for Google I/O. I hope the customization aspect of the X Phone is true because I think it will be quite a selling point. Imagine giving customers the opportunity to really make the phone theirs both hardware and software wise. I do without a doubt throw my money Google and Motorola’s way.

I agree. I don’t think Google should stick with the same manufacturer 2 years in a row. They should give other android partners a chance. It will help HTC with branding and advertising, and we can expect a nice looking Nexus 5!

Google is strategically letting HTC dwindle away so they can buy them put just like they did Motorola and then probably LG, by then Samsung will have moved away from Android and have released its Nature UX OS.